Winter Laurel Dress

      Ciao!       Between my toddler years and college I’ve never wore (or owned for that matter) a skirt, dress or whatever other piece of feminine clothing you might think of. My father used to joke referring to me and my brother as “my boys”.       In college I started wearing some skirts but never a dress. I could never find a dress I liked, that fitted me. There is a two whole sizes difference between my upper body and my...

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Oh Boy... Hoodie

      Well, well, well... I took a class: Craftsy’s Sewing with Knits with Meg McElwee... She is nice and has such a calming voice and smile, inspiring a totally zen attitude towards sewing with knits without a serger, especially in an anxiety prone person like yours truly.       I’ve learned so many things I can’t even count, just from watching. I did not follow along with the projects. I prefer to watch te classes, maybe take notes… and then use the...

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Fabric Dachshund

      I LOVE dogs, always have, always will. I live with a 13 years old and very bored Dachshund that sometimes answers to the name Cookie and a hyperactive black lab, Eli. I wish I could adopt a third one but the italian government considers them “a luxury product” - go figure, and therefore applies to them the highest level of taxation!!! Polemics aside, it was pretty obvious that if I wanted to use my newly found skill set to make a toy for my niece it had to be a puppy. I was...

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Deco Flower Pillow

      If you read my previous post (here) you know this is the first project I’ve ever sewn, start to finish. I chose to make this pillow because there was a lot of stitching involved (machine stitching) and to be able to control the stitching around the oh so many circles, I had first to learn how to stitch in a straight line (and it took a bit). I used a light felted wool so I didn’t need bother with the edges fraying and besides I could choose among the so many colors it normally...

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